Andrea Bianchi
Writing
Andrea Bianchi lives in Chicago, where she is pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Northwestern University. Her writing appears or is forthcoming in Witness, New Ohio Review, The Rumpus, Epiphany, The Smart Set, The Boiler, CutBank, New South, Hunger Mountain, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Pinch, and other publications. Her writing has also been selected as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays.
ESSAYS
The Silence of It All
New Ohio Review
essay
A Still Life
Hunger Mountain
essay
Domestic Chess
New Ohio Review
essay
Broken Lines
Epiphany
essay
On a Screen, Darkly
The Smart Set
essay
Icarus with Aluminum Wings
Eastern Iowa Review
essay
Fade from Red
Witness Magazine
essay
Petals
The Boiler
essay
Undomesticated Dances
The Rumpus
essay
Cat on a Cold Wood Floor
CutBank
nonfiction
On Resignation
Eclectica
essay
Second Story
New South
nonfiction
The Caress
Atticus Review
nonfiction
The Taking
Entropy
nonfiction
Imaginary Sun
Palooka
nonfiction
Street Musicians Are the Heart of This Loud, Bold City
Chicago Tribune
opinion
POETRY, FICTION
HUMOR
Review of Tic Tac Freshmint Gum
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
humor
How to Construct Your Top 10 List of Books You Read This Year
Points in Case
humor
Signs It's Time to Cancel Your New Yorker Subscription
Points in Case
humor
Review of Listerine Ready! Tabs
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
humor
Long-Term COVID Vaccine Side Effects That Didn't Quite Fit in the Fine Print
Greener Pastures
humor
About
Andrea Bianchi lives in Chicago. She earned a Creative Writing Certificate from Northwestern University's School of Professional Studies, and she is a nonfiction MFA+MA candidate in the Litowitz Creative Writing Graduate Program at Northwestern University.Her writing was listed as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2021, and her work was selected as the winner of the Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize 2023. Her nonfiction was also selected for the Eastern Iowa Review: Best Lyric Prose Plus Anthology.Her writing has been nominated twice for Best of the Net and named as a finalist in various contests, including Witness magazine’s 2020 literary awards, Hunger Mountain’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction Prize, New Ohio Review's Nonfiction Prize in both 2021 and 2022, and Passages North's 2023 Nonfiction Prize. She also participated as a nonfiction contributor at the 2023 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.When she isn't writing, Andrea is reading poetry on the balcony with her cat, visiting art museums, and eating either oatmeal cookies or tofu.
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